Deuteronomy 15:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.”
Deuteronomy 15:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:1215 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יִמָּכֵרyimāḵērSell
לְךָləḵāTo
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
הָעִבְרִיhāʿivərîThe Eberite
אוֹʾwōDesire
הָעִבְרִיָּהhāʿivərîhThe Eberite
וַעֲבָדְךָwaʿăvādəḵāAnd work
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וּבַשָּׁנָהûvašānāhAnd in year
הַשְּׁבִיעִתhašəvîʿitThe seventh
תְּשַׁלְּחֶנּוּtəšaləḥenûSend
חָפְשִׁיḥāp̄əšîExempt
מֵעִמָּךְmēʿimāḵəFrom with
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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